. The earth and its inhabitants .. . fugitives from the town of Espar2a. sacked by the corsairs, hud merged in a single nation with, the Indians. But all the Guatusos seen at San Carlos of Nicaragua, or at the markets of the Costa Rican plateau, have black hair, a dark complexion, and prominent cheek- bones, like the Nicaraguan Chontals, to whom they are probably related. They are excellent husbandmen, cultivating their banana, cacao and other plantations with great care. Nor are the Guatusos ferocious savages, as formerly asserted ; on the contrary, most of them have been exterminated by the
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . fugitives from the town of Espar2a. sacked by the corsairs, hud merged in a single nation with, the Indians. But all the Guatusos seen at San Carlos of Nicaragua, or at the markets of the Costa Rican plateau, have black hair, a dark complexion, and prominent cheek- bones, like the Nicaraguan Chontals, to whom they are probably related. They are excellent husbandmen, cultivating their banana, cacao and other plantations with great care. Nor are the Guatusos ferocious savages, as formerly asserted ; on the contrary, most of them have been exterminated by the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican Ladinos engaged in collecting rubber in the northern forests. According
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